I routinely ask students to work together in diverse teams. Tom Wujec says, "When people work together, under the right circumstances, group models are much better than individual models." Wujec points out that "it's the conversations that are the important aspects [of groups]--not just the models themselves." Letting students collaborate under the right circumstances has produced some eloquent solutions to complex problems and some truly moving conversations this year in PC1.
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While helping someone today, I realized something: "Be present in your poem." This was the advice I gave to a friend. You can stand up and say every word perfectly and fake emotion, but you must actually be truthful to yourself and the poem in order to recite correctly. Be present in the moment. ~Abby
Today we started the first round of recitations for the class competition. I think Abby does a great job of explaining what it takes to do this task at the highest level in her closing thought. Something that was pointed out to me was the different stories and personalities of all the people in this class that make this class so unique, special, diverse, and great.
Cal wrote this down after we completed a Paseo discussion about identity. This discussion is frontloading a poetry module on identity. The students will study the concept of identity and then write a poem based on structure Kevin Young's poem "Negative," which is seven triplets of free verse and deals with issues of race and identity. |
Nic AlarcónEnglish teacher Archives
May 2019
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